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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1912 I VOL. 160, NO. 62 I WWW.DAILYTROJAN.COM
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USC changes criteria for school funds
Officials m# wetgh tuition fund cfistnbutran based op academic need ewer enrollment
By KATIE HILL
Daily Trojan
USC’s administration will change the way it funds undergraduate programs next year, emphasizing academic need over enrollment numbers when deciding which programs will receive the most funding, said Elizabeth Garrett, vice president for Academic Planning and Budget.
Garrett said the recent changes in finance distribution now take into account “other factors that play a role in education."
While the university will still allocate money based 011 each schools enrollment, they will also consider the school’s retention of students, the availability of hands-on and international experiences, and opportunities to pursue “progressive degrees,” she said.
“We want decisions made to be driven by academic values and not by financial concerns,” Garrett said.
For decades, enrollment was the exclusive, determining factor in allocating the funding to each of the 10 undergraduate schools.
Prior to these changes, the College of Letters, Arts, 6 Sciences received tuition for general education courses while each school received tuition for thc major courses offered within their department.
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APASS director Jeff Murakami reflects on his time at the organization as he prepares to retire. NEWS, PAGE 16
Family starts foundation in honor of student
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ALL THAT JAZZ| Patti Austin visits campus for Jazz Week i
The Chase Edler Humanitarian Foundation memorializes a student who died in a skateboarding accident last year.
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Creativity at work | A Kenyan student showcases his artwork after a USC student taught him to paint through his Africa Dream Project
By JEAN GUERRERO
Daily Troian
Five months ago, USC students gathered and prayed for junior Chase Edler as he dung to life in the hospital after a skateboarding accident
The weeklong struggle ended with his death, but Edler’s famih’ is keeping their son’s memory alive through the Chase Edler Humanitarian Foundation.
The foundation was established in December to help orphanages worldwide. Edler was involved in a number of community service projects and showed sincere interest in helping various orphanages, said J Edler. his stepmother
He trawled to Nicaragua his freshman year to build a sports court and was involved in Campus Crusade for Christ.
“When Chase passed on we wanted to make sure we were doing everything that we could to carry on his wishes and his dreams," she said.
The foundation took its first step last month by joining forces with Jason Gilde, a senior majoring in health promotion and biolog)' and Chase’s long-time friend and former roommate
Gilde created the Africa Dream Project after witnessing the conditions in kibera, Kenya, one of the largest slums in Africa. The goal is to establish the first “world-class” international baccalaureate high school in Kibera, which would allow students to transfer their credits to a university in the United States, he said.
“We had just finished getting everything in place (for the foundation) when the Africa Dream Project approached us.” J Edler said
The foundation is a perfect vehicle fur Glide's fundraising activities becausc it can handle all of the project's financial and legal responsibilities, f Edler said.
(iilde. who worked with Edler in Nicaragua, shared a similar interest in community service projects world-
' There was pretty rguch everything bad that vou can imagine (in Kibera l,“ Gilde said The houses are about 10 feet by 10 feet with anywhere between five to 12 inhabitants, he said
In 2002. Gilde worked at the AIDS Orphans Centre Kenya, a pn-
marv school on the outskirts of the slum, and was touched by what he discovered there, he said They had no textbooks and the entire class had to share two pencils. (iilde said ‘I fust saw so much potential being wasted," he saul
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Adam Brody stars as a soft-core-porn writer tired of L.A life in the new film, “In the Land of Women.”
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She's got rhythm | ft&B singer Patti Austin autographs copies of her CD for fans after performing in Bovard Auditorium Wednesday night with the Thorton Jazz Choir as part of USC Spectrum Jazz Week.